Over the last few years, a number of member nations of the European Union have passed laws restricting online poker. These laws include banning residents from accessing legal sites that are licensed by other EU nations, prohibiting the pooling of players from multiple EU nations on a single site,...
August 2nd, 2016 By Adam Brown
The latest figures out of the UK indicate that the country’s gambling firms are betting big on television advertising. Despite voluntary industry restrictions that prevent gambling ads from airing before 9:00PM, the amount spent by gambling companies on TV commercials has increased by 46 percent since 2012, and those...
August 1st, 2016 By Shane Larson
The desire to pass online poker legislation in California is real, and for several years advocates have been pushing for a change in the law to allow Californians access to online poker sites. So far, however, progress towards legislation has been stymied by a disagreement over the terms of...
July 30th, 2016 By Stephen Smith
The Bitcoin was invented back in 2008 as a worldwide alternative to traditional currency, but when it was first developed it was rarely used for this purpose. During 2012 and 2013, however, Bitcoin began to gain popularity as people began looking for ways to make online purchases and send...
July 28th, 2016 By Charles Washington
After Black Friday sounded the death knell for Full Tilt, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, their customers were initially unable to determine what had happened to their funds, and in some cases, never did get their money returned to them. With three US states now offering regulated online poker...
July 27th, 2016 By Shane Larson
As of July 1, PokerStars is no longer operating in Slovenia, joining other major poker providers in exiting the country. The world’s most well-known poker brand also ceased operations in Portugal last year and stopped advertising their site in the Netherlands two summers ago. All three of these moves...
July 26th, 2016 By Lucy Brown
The newly inaugurated President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has wasted no time in letting the people know that he plans to do all he can to clean up the country over the next 6 years in office. In an address that followed his oath of office on June...
July 25th, 2016 By Stephen Smith
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